Doll



E. IVI. GOLDSIVIITH.

DOLL.

APPLicATloN FILED APR. 1, 1919.

1,370,107. Patented Mar.1,1921.,

UNITED STATES.

PATENT o Fmca.

EDWIN M. coLDsm'rH, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNon To FRIED- BEnGEn-AAnoN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYL. vANIA, A conPonA'rIoN or PENNSYLVANIA.

DOLL.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

Application tiled April 7, 1919. 'Serial No. 288,216.

' To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN M. GOLD- SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dolls, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

- younger children. They are soft, yielding and unbreakable and relatively inexpensive. They are, however, decidedly objectionable in that they are not washable. If their washing should be attem ted, the moisture would soak through the fil ing, which would become soggy and practically undriable. Naturally, these dolls become dirty very uickly, and in View of the propensity of t e very young to chew or suck playthings, the careful parent must soon remove the doll from the child. Usually it is discarded or thrown away before it exhibits any other serious indication of wear than the superficial dirt with which it is coated.

It is clear that if dolls of this character could be made washable, the would become substantially imperlshab e and could alwa s be ut into lit condition for useby the c ild. y invention involves such modification of structure as will provide a doll having the same desirable characteristics above described, but which is washable an indefinite number of times, thereby provid# ing a doll which will even ontlast the childhood of the owner and which may be kept at all times in a clean and sanitary condition.

In making my improved doll I rovide a body comprising a cover and inter1or filling material. Such a body is shaped to conform to. the desired finished product and may be sald to be practically the same as an ordlnary finished doll of the popular type except that, supcrficially, it is devoid of any markings representing features, dress, or the like. Surrounding this body is a removable shell, skin or envelop having imprlnted on its outer surface the features of the doll and also, if desired, comprising representations of other parts of the body and an actual garment or representation thereof. The outer envelop may be of bag form having a closure at one end; or 1t may be split longitudinally and fastened along the opening. The outer envelop should be so shaped and fastened that it may be readily unfastened and removed. It may be made of any suitable material, such as a knitted or woven fabric; or it may be made in part of one material and 1n part of another, as, for example, a textile material having a Celluloid face.

When the doll becomes soiled, the exter1or envelop may be unfastened, slipped olf, washed, dried, replaced and refastened, and the doll will be as good and clean as if new.

In the drawings, which show embodiments of my invention Figure 1 is a front view of the bod of the doll; Fig. 2 is a front view, and ig. 3 a rear View, of the completed doll Fig. 4 is a front view of the body of another doll; Fig. 5 is a front View, and Fig. 6 a #85 side view, of the completed doll.

The body of the doll comprises an inside cover a filled with cotton or other soft filling b. The outside envelop c of the doll of Figs. 2 and 3 comprises a garment and a representation of the face of the doll. It is of a bag shape, being open at al near its lower end and at the rear. The overlapping edges of the outer. envelop may be tion of the face of the doll, and the user may have one or more doll dresses which ma be put on and taken ofi' as desired.`

gf course the inside cover of the doll need not be blank, but any superficial markings or representations thereon would be functionless.

I am aware that it is old to form an animal doll with a removable and replaceable cover containing appendages that imart to the doll the aspects of an animal, Ent these appendages soon become detached, leaving an unlifelike doll. In my invention, the removable envelop has the features of the doll, and, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, other aspects of the doll, superficially applied thereto, as by printing, stitching or embroidery, so that there are no detachable parts, making the doll practically inde- Structible.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:-

' A doll comprising a covered stuffed body contracted relatively near one end to form a head and trunk and provided at the free end of the trunk portion with a pair of projections simulating feet, an outer removable and replaceable envelop fitting the entire bod and devoid of appendages and provide with superficial markings exhibiting the aspects of a human doll, said envelop being slitted in the body portion between its ends, the larrangement being such that the envelop Will be retained in position by engagement of the envelop on the head and. feet, and meansv for closing the' slit in the envelop.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Pa., on this 4th' da of A ril, 1919.

EiiwIN .GOLDSMITH 

